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To rebuild credibility, the Ford government must deliver on plan to reopen...
There was a good deal to applaud – yet some unsettling dissonance — in Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce’s outline about the province’s plan to reopen in-classroom education next Monday.
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Sure, there are issues. But in principle a ‘vax tax’ is justified
The idea of imposing a fine or tax on people who refuse to get vaccinated (as Quebec Premier François Legault plans to do) sounds at first hearing like a step too far in the fight against COVID-19.
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COVID has blown another hole in Toronto’s budget. Ottawa and Queen’s Park...
Another year, another pandemic budget from the City of Toronto. This one — the third as the pandemic drags on — comes with a funding gap of more than $1 billion.
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On reopening, Doug Ford has finally learned some hard lessons
Ontario Premier Doug Ford seems, at long last, to have learned something about the merits of under-promising and over-performing.
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Truckers are flirting with extremists. They should call off their protest
The closer the “Freedom Convoy” of truckers opposed to new rules around vaccine mandates gets to Ottawa, the less it has to do with truckers or even with those rules.
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Ending proof-of-vaccination rules is a big gamble. Let’s hope it pays off
Premier Doug Ford says “you’ll be seeing me doing cartwheels down the street” on Tuesday when Ontario scraps even more pandemic restrictions — including doing away with so-called vaccine passports.
View ArticleOntario failed on distributing rapid tests. Don’t repeat that mistake with...
Who can claim to be truly surprised by the revelation that only a small fraction of COVID rapid tests distributed by the Ontario government ended up where they were needed most?
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Ottawa school board sets an example of putting health of kids and teachers first
Every now and then, governments would do well to conduct remedial sessions on durable home truths.
View ArticleMore can be done to assure the public it hasn’t been abandoned to COVID-19
Is this how it ends? Not with a bang or even a whimper, but in a morass of confusion, anxiety and anger?
View ArticleThe freedom of some not be vaxxed undermines the freedom of everyone else
So there’s a new study in a prestigious medical journal that shows people who don’t get vaccinated against COVID-19 are not just putting their own health in danger. They also contribute...
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